THE BS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

9 A U-shaped drawer (9,6) 10 Mother, shielded by the two

sides, is warm (7)

12 Mark and mark, meaning the

opposite (7) 13 Boycott chess player on a roll

(9)

14 Doctor, I have reduced energy

(5)

15 A critic's almost abusive (7) 18 Alternations in the bellringer's programme (7) 21 Finally managing, though getting old (5) 23 Radio Times nit-picker’s after the head of Anna Sewell (3,6) 25 Glaring when in pain (7) 26 Little house, little bed,

broken gate (7)

29 Does this mean that debate will never be wound up ? (9,6) 1

DOWN

Century scored by a mere girl (4)

2 Cheese provided by railways

abroad, that is.... (4)

3 Cleaner be marked out (8) 4 Doesn't sound it, but it's hot (6) 5 Times can confuse that which

relates to meaning (8)

6 Put on the hook from a debit ?

(6)

7 Going on and on about the aim

in gun-play (8)

8 Son meddles with post

impressionists! (8)

11 Game brings Harry and mother

together (5)

15 Give a man reason to expect a

carriage (8)

16 Holiday telegram may trigger

alarm (4-4)

17 Racket our family makes

turning round gangleader (8) 19 Knotting a tie, Nora produces

effervescence (8)

20 Looking at leaders of England, Yemen, India, Norway and Germany (5)

22 That awful G.P. grumbled

about the ride he got (6) 24 Gear for bringing back deer

and lion, for example (6) 27 Half-famished novelist (4) 28 Death, presumably, fears the strange ones. (4)